Build Your Own Transit System

Thank you for Building Your Own Transit System and helping to shape the future of transit in Denver. We are no longer accepting input on the this survey but feel free to try out the survey to see how costs and benefits are influenced by your selected improvements. To learn more about Denver Moves: Transit and for more opportunities to participate throughout the plan process visit our project website.

What is Denver Moves: Transit?

Denver Moves: Transit is a city-led planning effort to create a 20-year local transit vision and implementation plan for Denver. For more information about what transit looks like in Denver today, check out the State of the System Report.

What's your vision for transit in Denver?

We want your ideas about how transit can be improved in Denver, both in the next couple of years and over many years to come. By participating in the Build Your Own Transit System exercise, you can choose the improvements that you think will help make transit a great choice for people who live, work, and visit Denver. Your responses will help inform the Denver Moves: Transit plan and shape the plan's recommendations.

Here's what you need to do

You have $100 to spend. Select the strategies that you feel are most important. Mix and match potential improvements to see how costs and benefits change.

On-demand bus (e.g., Access-A-Ride)

On-demand service means that a bus or shuttle is summoned upon the request of the passenger. Although this type of service is already available through RTD Access-a-Ride, education about how to use this service and potentially providing subsidies for riders could help enhance the service. Additional on-demand service could also be developed in lower-density areas with less demand for all-day frequent service.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$10

Extended bus service hours

Buses would operate later into the evening or for longer periods on weekends.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$10

Better transit connections

Bus service would be expanded to areas that are underserved or not served at all by existing transit routes by identifying new route options or increasing how often buses run between certain destinations.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$20

Capital Improvements

More rail (e.g., light rail or commuter rail) in Denver

Light rail or commuter rail services, such as those being built by RTD through FasTracks, provide fast, reliable, and high-quality transit service. These services typically reduce local bus services and may require a transfer from a bus to a train.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$30

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Bus Rapid Transit provides fast, frequent, and reliable transit service that often operates in exclusive lanes. Like light rail, BRT may reduce local bus service and require a transfer from another bus.

New mobility hubs or transfer facilities

Mobility hubs are places where many transportation services connect and can help to integrate many types of options. New transfer facilities might include enhanced passenger amenities to make the experience of waiting for a bus more pleasant.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$25

Access and Connections

Improved access to transit stops and stations

Improved pedestrian and bicycle access to transit might include crosswalks, bike lanes, or sidewalks that connect to a transit station or stop or to a park-n-ride facility.

Customer Amenities, Programs, and Information

Maps, wayfinding, and trip planner applications that are readily available and easy to read can help new transit riders get to know the system and understand their route options.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$5

More outreach and education about transit services/programs

Education, advertising, and outreach programs could improve awareness and understanding of transit services and programs. Programs might include working with schools to help students understand the transit system, multilingual outreach to communities with limited English proficiency, and assisting older adults with navigating the transit system.

Better speed, frequency, and reliability

More people riding transit

Improved passenger experience

Improved multimodal connections

Cost

$5

More fare pass programs

Fare programs can improve the affordability of transit. Low-income fare programs are becoming more popular in many cities, in addition to common fare programs such as business- or college- subsidized transit passes for employees and students.